I just finished a huge tiger mural in Shaunavon Saskatchewan for South West Mural Fest. This is Year 1 for this Fest and an obvious success right out the gate. Both the experienced muralist and less experienced did amazing murals and the community is all compliments and appreciation.

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My new friend Andrew did a great job curating and we’ve been sharing notes and ideas the whole time about how to run a great festival. For me, the easiest way to say it is… Nurture the community to become fans of artists and nurture the artists to become fans of the community.

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Protecting the artists creative freedom is a key part of this.

Generally artists get paid less than their normal rate to paint at a festival. The benefits are having all expenses paid, fellowship with other like minded artists, and t

he freedom to flex their skills and creative ideas on a mural that is something they really want to paint. This makes them put in full effort so that their portfolio is showing what they can do and style/subjects they want to paint. A win for artist and a win for clients!!

I’ll do a few other murals while in Canada then drive back to California. In a few weeks I’ll drive back up to Montana for another festival in August.

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Does your business look as cool as it really is? Reach out to me at 209-502-0645 or av@fasm.net. You can also forward this email to someone who might be interested in a mural.

One of the best places to see tons of my murals is at https://www.flickr.com/photos/fasm/​